WEME40 LTAA 010913 TSUNAMI EXERCISE MESSAGE NUMBER 001 NEAM KOERI TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER ISSUED AT 0913Z 01 NOV 2017 THIS ALERT IS ADDRESSED TO ALL COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS SUBSCRIBED TO THE SERVICES OF KOERI TSP IN ITS MONITORING AREA. ... TSUNAMI WATCH ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO TURKEY ... TSUNAMI ADVISORY ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO CYPRUS ... ISRAEL ... LEBANON ... SYRIA ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALBANIA ... CROATIA ... EGYPT ... GREECE ... ITALY ... LIBYA ... MALTA ... MONTENEGRO ... PALESTINE ... TUNISIA THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0900Z 01 NOV 2017 COORDINATES - 36.35 NORTH 36.27 EAST DEPTH - 10.00 KM LOCATION - ANTAKYA MAGNITUDE - 6.9 EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI WATCH IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP GREATER THAN 1M. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI ADVISORY IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT LESS THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP LESS THAN 1M. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI MODELLING NO TSUNAMI GENERATION IS EXPECTED THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE OR MAJOR EFFECT IN THE REGION. HOWEVER, THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI GENERATION, SUCH AS DUE TO SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES, CAN NOT BE EXCLUDED. KOERI WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL READINGS AND MAY ISSUE FURTHER MESSAGES IF REQUIRED. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE MONITORING AREA ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME LEVEL ------------------------------- ----------------- ------------- ----- TURKEY - HATAY ISKENDERUN (M) 36.5932 36.1802 0918Z 01 NOV WATCH TURKEY - ADANA YUMURTALIK 36.9140 35.9803 0926Z 01 NOV WATCH CYPRUS - PARALIMNI (M) 35.0383 34.0369 1007Z 01 NOV ADVISORY CYPRUS - LARNACA (M) 34.9162 33.6408 1017Z 01 NOV ADVISORY CYPRUS - ZYGHI (M) 34.7271 33.3384 1021Z 01 NOV ADVISORY CYPRUS - PAPHOS (M) 34.7551 32.4088 1037Z 01 NOV ADVISORY ISRAEL - NAHARIYA 33.0091 35.0654 1034Z 01 NOV ADVISORY LEBANON - TRIPOLI 34.4706 35.8109 1008Z 01 NOV ADVISORY LEBANON - BEIRUT 33.9024 35.4498 1012Z 01 NOV ADVISORY LEBANON - QLAIAAT 34.5819 35.9849 1012Z 01 NOV ADVISORY LEBANON - SIDON 33.5655 35.3558 1020Z 01 NOV ADVISORY LEBANON - TYRE 33.2857 35.1767 1026Z 01 NOV ADVISORY SYRIA - LATAKIA 35.5377 35.7501 0948Z 01 NOV ADVISORY SYRIA - JABLEH 35.3618 35.9181 0956Z 01 NOV ADVISORY SYRIA - BANIYAS 35.1908 35.9501 0956Z 01 NOV ADVISORY SYRIA - TARTUS 34.9144 35.8552 0959Z 01 NOV ADVISORY GAZIMAGUSA (M) 35.1232 33.9495 1012Z 01 NOV ADVISORY GIRNE (M) 35.3406 33.3338 1019Z 01 NOV ADVISORY TURKEY - MERSIN ERDEMLI (M) 36.5634 34.2550 1009Z 01 NOV ADVISORY TURKEY - MERSIN TASUCU (M) 36.2815 33.8360 1019Z 01 NOV ADVISORY TURKEY - MERSIN BOZYAZI (M) 36.0962 32.9403 1020Z 01 NOV ADVISORY TURKEY - ANTALYA ALANYA 36.5454 31.9832 1035Z 01 NOV ADVISORY SUPPLEMENT MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS NEW DATA AND EVALUATION ALLOWS. THE TSUNAMI ALERT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AN END OF ALERT IS BROADCAST. END OF TSUNAMI EXERCISE MESSAGE NUMBER 001=